In just a few weeks I’ll be over in Europe presenting about Heroku at two fantastic Java conferences. First up is Jfokus in Stockholm! On February 14 at 20:00 I will be leading a Cloud Conversations BoF. Then on February 15 at 11:10 I will be speaking about how to “git push” Java & Play! [...]
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James Ward
Heroku at Jfokus and Spring I/O 2012
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Try the New Play Framework Heroku Plugin
I just published a Heroku Plugin for Play Framework. Right now it just deploys a Play app to Heroku. Try it out: Signup for a Heroku account Install the Heroku plugin locally: $ play install heroku Create a Play (1.2.3 or 1.2.4) app: $ play new foo –with heroku Deploy the app: $ play heroku:deploy [...]
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Java on Heroku at CinJUG, Detroit JUG, and MongoDB Boulder
Over the next few days I’ll be presenting about Java, Play Framework, and Scala on Heroku at a couple Java User Groups and a MongoDB conference: Cincinnati JUG on January 26th Detroit JUG on January 31st MongoDB Boulder on Febuary 1st Hope to see you there!
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Tutorial & Screencast: Java on Heroku with Eclipse
I recorded a screencast and put together some instructions on how to try out Java on Heroku using just a web browser and Eclipse. First, check out the screencast: Here are steps you can follow to get started running Java on Heroku with Eclipse and your browser: Prerequisites) Install the EGit and Maven (m2e) Eclipse [...]
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Just Released the S3Blobs Play Framework Module for Amazon S3
I’ve just posted the first release of the S3Blobs Play Framework Module. This module makes it easy to upload and download files from Amazon S3 from a JPA entity in a Play Framework Java application. This module is based on a POC that I did a few months ago, the JPA stuff from Tim Kral, [...]
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Java, Play! & Scala on Heroku – This Week in San Diego, Mountain View, and Albany
This week I’ll presenting at three Java User Groups about Running Java, Play! and Scala Apps on the Cloud: San Diego Java User’s Group on Tuesday, January 17th Silicon Valley Web JUG on Wednesday, January 18th The Capital District Java Developers Network on Thursday January 19th Hope to see you there!
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Heroku JUG Tour: Boulder, Phoenix, & Portland
For the next wave of the Heroku Java User Group Tour I will be speaking about running Java, Play Framework, and Scala apps on the cloud in these three wonderful places: Boulder, Colorado – December 13 Phoenix, Arizona – December 14 Portland, Oregon – December 20 I hope to see you there!
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Tutorial: Play Framework, JPA, JSON, jQuery, & Heroku
If you are a Java developer then you really need to give Play Framework a try. It is really refreshing to take a few minutes, step out of the legacy-feeling world of traditional Java web app development and into something modern and fun. I want to walk you through a very simple tutorial where we [...]
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Using MongoDB for a Java Web App’s HttpSession
Since the web’s inception we’ve been using it as a glorified green screen. In this model all web application interactions and the state associated with those interactions, is handled by the server. This model is a real pain to scale. Luckily the model is shifting to more of a Client/Server approach where the UI state [...]
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